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USE OF ENGLISH - PART 4 (examples) I
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- 1You must show your student card as you enter the library. - REQUIRED - You are .......... student card as you enter the libraryYou are REQUIRED TO SHOW YOUR student card as you enter the library
[Required sb to do sth : exigir a alguien que haga algo] //
[Required. adj : necesario - ADJ + 'TO' INFINITIVE] - 2Patrick hadn't heard from his uncle in Australia for over five years. - MORE - It was .................... Patrick had heard from his uncle in Australia.It was MORE THAN FIVE YEARS SINCE Patrick had heard from his uncle in Australia.
- 3On business trips, I prefer driving home to staying in a hotel overnight. - RATHER - On business trips, I'd .................. in a hotel overnight.On business trips, I'd RATHER DRIVE HOME THAN STAY in a hotel overnight.
[WOULD RATHER + infinitive + THAN + infinitive] - 4They say the fashion model was dicovered by her agent while working at a restaurant. - SAID - The fashion model is ............. dicovered by her agent while working at a restaurant.The fashion model is SAID TO HAVE BEEN dicovered by her agent while working at a restaurant.
[BE SAID + 'TO' DO/BE] - 5It was impossible for me to know which road to follow. - NOT - I .......... known which road to follow.I COULD NOT HAVE known which road to follow.
[Certainly NO = COULDN'T / CAN'T] - 6So far this year the cost of petrol has not increased. - INCREASE - So far this year there ......... in the cost of petrol.So far this year there HAS BEEN NO INCREASE in the cost of petrol.
[NO + noun : ningún] - 7I wasn't able to get to the airport on time because of the bad weather. - PREVENTED - The bad weather ........... to the airport on time.The bad weather PREVENTED ME (FROM) GETTING to the airport on time.
[Prevent sb from doing sth : Evitar que algn haga algo] - 8Clothing companies are selling an increasin number of goods on the internet. - BOUGHT - An increasing number of goods .......... clothing companies on the internet.An increasing number of goods IS/ARE (BEING) BOUGHT FROM clothing companies on the internet.
- 9Tickets for the concert cannot be bought before 12th May. - SALE - Tickets for the concert will not ........... 12th May.Tickets for the concert will not BE/GO ON SALE UNTIL/BEFORE 12th May.
- 10During the quiz, I could not think of the correct answer to the winning question. - COME - During the quiz, I was not .............. the correct answer to the winning question.During the quiz, I was not ABLE TO COME UP WITH the correct answer to the winning question.
[Come up with sth : inventar, elaborar] - 11I promised that I would think carefully about the job offer. - GIVE - I promised ............... the job offer.I promised TO GIVE (CAREFUL) THOUGHT/CONSIDERATION TO the job offer.
[PROMISE + 'TO' INFINITIVE]
[Give thought to - reflexionar sobre] - 12I regret not contacting Brian when I was in Dublin - TOUCH - I wish that I ................ Brian when I was in Dublin.I wish that I HAD GOT IN TOUCH WITH Brian when I was in Dublin.
[wish + past perfect : express regret about the past] - 13There's no chance of Jenny getting here on time. - POSSIBLE - It won't be ................ here on time.It won't be POSSIBLE FOR JENNY TO GET here on time.
[After an ADJETIVE we put 'TO' INFINITIVE] - 14It was such a sunny day that none of us wanted to do any work. - FELT - None of us .................. any work because it was such a sunny day.None of us FELT LIKE DOING any work because it was such a sunny day.
[FELT LIKE sth/doing sth : tener ganas de] - 15I always trust Carla's advice - SOMEBODY - Carla ............. advice I always trustCarla IS SOMEBODY WHOSE advice I always trust
- 16I couldn't understand the instructions for my new DVD player - SENSE - The instructions for my new DVD player didn't ............... me.The instructions for my new DVD player didn't MAKE (ANY) SENSE TO me.
[MAKE SENSE TO sb : Tener sentido para algn] - 17Luke knocked over the old lady's bicycle by accident. - MEAN - Luke ............... knock over the old lady's bicycle.Luke DID NOT MEAN TO knock over the old lady's bicycle.
[MEAN + TO infinitive : Tener la intención de] - 18A newly qualified dentist took out Mr Dupont's tooth. - HAD - Mr Dupont ................ by a newly qualified dentist.Mr Dupont HAD HIS TOOTH TAKEN OUT by a newly qualified dentist.
- 19Simona last wrote to me seven months ago - HEARD - I ................... Simona for seven months.I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM Simona for seven months.
- 20There were very few people at the concert last night. - CAME - Hardly .................... the concert last night.Hardly ANYONE CAME TO the concert last night.
[HARDLY + ANY / ANYONE / ANYBODY / ANYTHING] - 21'You've broken my radio, Frank!' said Jane - ACCUSED - Jane .................. her radio.Jane ACCUSED FRANK OF BREAKING her radio.
- 22My car really needs to be repaired soon. - MUST - I really ................ repaired soon.I really MUST HAVE MY CAR repaired soon.
- 23I can't possibly work in all this noise! - IMPOSSIBLE - It .......................... work in all this noise!It IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO work in all this noise!
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